European Patent Office

T 3060/19 of 29.09.2022

European Case Law Identifier
ECLI:EP:BA:2022:T306019.20220929
Date of decision
29 September 2022
Case number
T 3060/19
Petition for review of
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Application number
16152529.0
Language of proceedings
English
Distribution
No distribution (D)
OJ versions
No OJ links found
Other decisions for this case
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Abstracts for this decision
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Application title
Bistable actuator device
Applicant name
S & C Electric Co.
Opponent name
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
Board
3.5.02
Headnote
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Relevant legal provisions
European Patent Convention Art 54European Patent Convention Art 56European Patent Convention Art 83Rules of procedure of the Boards of Appeal 2020 Art 012(6)
Keywords
Novelty, inventive step, sufficiency of disclosure
Novelty - main request (yes)
Late-filed objections
Late-filed objection - should have been submitted in first-instance proceedings (yes)
Catchword
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Cited cases
T 0862/11
Citing cases
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Order

For these reasons it is decided that:

1. The decision under appeal is set aside.

2. The case is remitted to the opposition division with the order to maintain the patent in the following version:

Claims:

No. 1 to 9 of the main request filed with the reply to the appeal.

Description:

Pages 2 to 5 of the patent specification.

Figures:

No. 1 to 16 of the patent specification.